Subjectively safe cycling infrastructure: New insights for urban designs

Gößling, Stefan; McRae, Sophia

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103340

Cited by 22 publications

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“…Based on the stated preferences of motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians for safe transportation infrastructures , as well as analyzing street design elements including main streets, lanes, and sidewalks, conclusions described the importance of wide bike lanes and separating cyclists from vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Removing parking next to bike lanes also significantly improves perceptions of safety [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessment of Safe Access to Pedestrian Infrastructure Facilities in the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan

Tolegen¹,

Konbr²,

Karzhaubayeva³

et al. 2023

cea

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Currently, in all large and small cities in Kazakhstan, residential and public buildings are being actively built. It should be noted that the quantitative indicators of the construction of residential facilities prevail. The method applied to building residential facilities at the point and quarter increases the population density in urban areas. Increasing the number of residents requires assessing the levels of comfort for pedestrians at different speeds, the safety of sidewalks, and ensuring the accessibility of infrastructure facilities to people. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the quality of comfortable and safe conditions of pedestrian roads as a part of a district of Almaty. The assessment is based on the study of the presence and quality of elements and objects in the structures of transport roads and pedestrian sidewalks, and the determining level of pedestrian comfort is also applied (PCL). As a result of the study, the most problematic streets, the quality of pedestrian accessibility of extensive infrastructure facilities in each residential sector, and the main shortcomings and proposals for their elimination will be identified. The data obtained because of the study can be used in reconstruction, and urban area spatial planning concepts, allowing people to walk to most daily services and institutions, creating maximum opportunities to walk, reducing dependence on road transport, and contributing to the daily life of the community.

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confidence: 99%

Assessment of Safe Access to Pedestrian Infrastructure Facilities in the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan

Tolegen¹,

Konbr²,

Karzhaubayeva³

et al. 2023

cea

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“…Most studies on safety perceptions tend to focus on effects of removing or adding one specific feature, but the combination effect of multiple safety features is also important: what is the marginal benefit of painting a cycle lane if it is already segregated? To answer questions like this, one study in Germany asked over 21,000 participants to judge multiple digitally enhanced road and street configurations (Gössling & McRae, 2022). Each participant made at least 10 judgements but the large sample size allowed for almost 2,000 possible configurations to be evaluated, which varied along multiple factors: path width, segregation, boundaries, the presence of parked cars, lane colour, busyness, type of road.…”

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confidence: 99%

Using Behavioural Science to Design and Implement Active Travel Infrastructure: A Narrative Review of Evidence

Timmons

Andersson²,

McGowan³

et al. 2023

SSRN Journal

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“…Safety is shown to be more highly valued than time as a factor for mode choice, and safety concerns affect route choices and decisions to cycle ( 19 – 21 ). Feelings of perceived safety, perceptions of risk, and comfort, among other factors, have been used in perceived safety literature to measure the cycling experience, and have been shown to be related to multiple factors such as roadway infrastructure, existing traffic, and cyclists’ individual characteristics ( 17 , 18 , 22–45 ). Perceptions of safety are in accordance with cyclists’ route preferences; high bicycling stress, or low comfortability, is one of the most important factors in choosing cycling as a transportation mode ( 30 , 46 ).…”

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“…This is in line with the finding that cyclists’ safety concerns arise mainly from riding around motor vehicles ( 19 ). Particularly, cyclists have strong preferences for riding separately from other forms of traffic in dedicated bicycle infrastructure, as such conditions correlate to improved perceptions of safety compared with biking on-road without bike lanes ( 20 , 28 , 50–53 ). Female cyclists have stronger preferences for dedicated bike lanes over their male counterparts ( 50 , 53 ).…”

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Examining Socioeconomic and Physiological Factors Affecting Preferences for Cycling Infrastructure Using Virtual Reality Experimentation

Saglio,

Robartes,

Chen

et al. 2023

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Understanding cyclist behaviors and preferences is critical to improve safety and increase mode share. However, real-world cycling data is scarce and on-road testing presents safety concerns. This study presents a novel way of studying cyclists’ perceptions of bicycle infrastructure design alternatives using immersive virtual environments modeled after a real-world corridor, and a previously validated bike simulator at the University of Virginia, U.S. Three infrastructure scenarios were tested: sharing lanes with motor vehicles marked with sharrows (with no bike lane), a separated bike lane, and a protected bike lane with flexible delineators. Surveys elicited data on participants’ preferences and perceptions of safety, as well as demographic and socioeconomic data. Smartwatches collected heart rate (HR) data. A multinomial logit model examined the relationship between sociodemographic and physiological variables and preferences for bicycle infrastructure. Results suggest gender, age, and abrupt changes in HR affect cyclists’ preferences for bike infrastructure design. Overall, gender emerges as the most practically significant predictor variable for bicycle infrastructure preference, with men more likely to prefer sharrows and women more likely to prefer protected bike lanes. Exploratory analysis also suggests that bicyclists who self-identified as “strong and fearless” were more likely to choose sharrows as the preferred design, while bicyclists who self-identified as “interested but concerned” more often chose the protected bike lane. These results highlight the importance of understanding preferences of not just current cyclists, but potential future cyclists. Virtual reality simulation offers a low-cost, safe, and efficient method to understand preferences of individuals interested but not yet choosing cycling as a mode.

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Subjectively safe cycling infrastructure: New insights for urban designs

Cited by 22 publications

References 35 publications

Assessment of Safe Access to Pedestrian Infrastructure Facilities in the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan

Assessment of Safe Access to Pedestrian Infrastructure Facilities in the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan

Using Behavioural Science to Design and Implement Active Travel Infrastructure: A Narrative Review of Evidence

Examining Socioeconomic and Physiological Factors Affecting Preferences for Cycling Infrastructure Using Virtual Reality Experimentation

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